Four passengers of an electric rickshaw (e-rickshaw) were killed on Saturday afternoon after the vehicle was run over by a bus in Dinajpur Sadar.

The incident occurred at around 3:30 pm on the Dinajpur-Dashmail highway, in front of the Nasipurgram Research Institute, said Md. Nuruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station.

According to the OC, the bus collided with the e-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction, crushing it. All four passengers of the e-rickshaw died instantly at the scene. Another person was injured and has been taken to hospital.

The bodies of the deceased have been recovered and taken to the police station. They will be sent to the morgue for autopsy, the OC added.

The victims are yet to be identified.